Bringing Together the Educational Interests of Special Operations and Tactical Medicine
Spring 2021, Vol 21, Edition 1
ISSN: 1553-9768
Journal of Special Operations Medicine™
From the Publisher and Editor
In this Issue
News to Use
From the SOMA President
Meet the Experts
Peer-Review Board
Limb Position Change Affects Tourniquet Pressure (11 - 17)
Performance Characteristics of Fluid Warming Technology in Austere Environments (18 - 24)
Rationale and Implementation of a Novel Special Operations Medical Officer Course (25 - 29)
Use of a Pressure Cooker to Achieve Sterilization for an Expeditionary Environment (37 - 39)
Red-Green Tactical Lighting Is Preferred for Suturing Wounds in a Simulated Night Environment (65 - 69)
Tourniquet Application by Urban Police Officers: The Aurora, Colorado Experience (71 - 76)
Applications of Fish Oil Supplementation for Special Operators (78 - 85)
Making Use of Your Assets: Clinical Use of EOD Radiography in the Forward-Deployed Setting (87 - 89)
Lessons Learned on the Battlefield Applied in a Civilian Setting (102 - 105)
Watch Where You Point That: Pneumomediastinum From Pneumatic Nail Gun Injury to the Hand (106 - 108)
Human Performance Optimization
Aligning and Assessing Core Attributes of Spiritual Fitness for Optimizing Human Performance (109 - 112)
Infectious Diseases
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (113 - 114)
Injury Prevention
Vitamin A and Bone Fractures (115 - 119)
NSCOM Course
Tourniquet Use on a Pediatric Patient (120 - 123)
Special Talk: An Interview
Interviews With MSG (Ret) Rick Hines, Capt Kyle S. Stigall, MD, and COL (Ret) Russ Kotwal, MD, MPH (124)
Book Review
Guerrilla Surgeon: A Thing of the Past or Warning to the Future? (125)
Tactical Medicine Training for SEAL Mission Commanders (127 - 133)